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The phrase "an operating loss" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in financial contexts to describe a situation where a company's operating expenses exceed its revenues.
Example: "The company reported an operating loss for the third quarter, prompting management to reevaluate its cost structure."
Alternatives: "a financial deficit" or "an operational deficit."
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It posted an operating loss of $19.6 million.
By 1982 Sotheby's reported an operating loss.
The company also reported an operating loss of $11 million.
This compares to an operating loss of £4.5m in 2014.
The unit reported an operating loss of $155 million.
The unit posted an operating loss of $253 million, compared with an operating loss of $346 million a year ago.
Internationally, Amazon had an operating loss of $494m.
Sony expects an operating loss of ¥260 billion ($2.6 billion).
Overall, the newspaper division reported an operating loss of $9.9 million in the third quarter of 2011, compared with an operating loss of $1.7 million a year earlier.
That is similar to last year's level, when the newspapers made an operating loss of £34.4m.
Hardest hit was Total's chemical division, which reported an operating loss in the period.
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